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In past Hollywood films, it was common for men to double for women and white American stunt performers to double for African American performers, in a practice known as “wigging”. Veteran stuntman Dave Sharpe, a man of shorter than average height, often doubled for women in film serials of the 1930s and ’40s. Veteran stunt performer Jeannie Epper, who doubled for Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman, explained that the situation improved in the 1970s as actresses did not want to be doubled by men and could be more convincingly doubled by a woman.
